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TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH ... ^ . . . . . \ * i £ WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA—FAIR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, LIGHT TO FRESH EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS. T ESTABLISHED IN 1826. MACON, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1907. TWICE-A-WEEK, $1.00 A YEAR. L. H. VAN RIPER TELLS HOW ii HOLMES SOLD BUREAU TIPS Holmes Gave Ont Informa* tion Day In Advance of Report Partnership Was Formed With Holmes WASHINGTON* Juno 17.—In Lewis H. VnnRiper, a New York broker, the Government today Introduced the firs: witness In the trial of Edwin H. Holmes, Jr., who'has directly connect ed Holme.” with the premature dlvul- penco of the Information In which the cotton crops of the Agr’cul.ural De partment are based. Mr. VanRIper was on the stand all day and the direct examination had not been concluded •when the court adjourned, making It probable that ho will monopolise the attention of the court tomorrow. Bi Jtld that he had met Holmes In Ifiot, through F. A. Peckham, and that he had agreed to give them two-thirds of any profits that might be derived through stork deals made on points supplied by Holmes. He- then told how Holmes had kept hi.” part of the agreement by giving out Information o day In advance of the appearance of the official report: quoted figures to show the degree of accuracy of the Information supplied and related Instances In which Holmes had been paid money through Moses Haas. He said that $167 000 had been cleaned up on Information secured In advance of the report for November, 3304. He also testified that Holmes had screed to keep him Informed of the plans of other cotton brokers and told how In tho end a regular partnership had been formed, In which Holmes was one of five members. five, Then Railroads Can Fight It STATED FACTS WERE AGREED ON BY PARTIES Mr. VanRIper said that after first ! meeting Haas and Peckham In Wash ington. he had seen them In Chicago I , !Z&Vk'i^i. ho t“,■££ »«Is Found Vnremunera ' slderable conversation at both places I concerning operations In cotton, with I the result that they began selling cot ton In November and continued the j process until the December report was issued. He had generally operated on Lthe strength of the representations of : Hass, who was supposed to be In fre- jquent conference with Holmes, and in- | dlcated a very bearish condition. He I had dealt through a number of brok ers In the November transactions and ' had been successful to the extent of about $167,000. Of this amount $57,- 000 was divided with Hass and Peck- I ham. Hass taking half and Peckham a [ forth of the amount. Part of Haas’ [share was paid In cash. "What did Haas do with the cash?” "He paid H to Holmes.” "When and where?” "In tho office at that time.” Mr. Beach, of the prosecution, brought out from the witness the facts concerning the organization of the brokerage firm of L. H. Mercer & Co. He said that while the names of only NEXT FRIENDS WANT ORDER ISSUED IN REGARD GOOD FAITH TRIED, TO POSTING R. R. TARIFFS KANSAS CITY, June 17.—The Mis souri two cents fare act, will go Into effect at 6 a. m. on Wednesday for three months trial. If at the end of that time It is found to be unremu- neratlve, its enforcement can bo fought in the courts by the railroads. The State officers are temporarily enjoin ed from enforcing the maximum freight rate law, and this case will be argued later in the Federal court. Judge McPherson, in the United States District Court this afternoon. after handing down an opinion main Mercer" and" Peckham'' appeal Tn The I lining the courts’ jurisdiction In the articles of agreement. Holmes. Haas i Premises, ordered the promulgation of and himself were equal partners wlth|£ he above stated facts, which had the other two. As the working cap!- agreed to by the attorneys of the tal of this firm. $25 000 of the money s ’ ate ? nd , fr "; «>« e£hteen Missouri - - ; rallroaos Involved. The court, in its secured in the November deal was , . , - . , . . .. . - ; used. Part of the money made In that decision had suggested that the two- deal was reinvested. In December on “«t fare should be first given a prac- ! the strength of Haas’ forecast of the [ ical trial before injunction proceed- i cotton ginners’ report and $34,000 had I in^s preventing Its enforcement be [been realized as profits. One-fourth K? n ® ldered ; On the question of juris- !of this amount was paid to Hass in dicUon, the most important at issue ■ currency and by him turned over to > between the State and Federal cou Holmes. In December. 1504. the firm was dis solved and VanRIper testified that $38 282 had been paid to Haas in checks and the same* amount to Holmes in currency. een the State and Federal courts. Judge McPherson said: “That the States have the right to manage their own local affairs wlli ever he maintained. But it is too lato to talk about States dictating to the Government, or riding down its courts. the day. HON. JOS. H.HALL TALKS ABOUT HIS MEASURES Dimes in currency. •# , rpu . , ’ .. y? . Mr. VanRIper was still under ex- Jhte is a nation. Rs commerce will nmination when court adjourned for be interfered with by any State. because, for that almost alone, we (adopted our Constitution. The com merce clause will always be upheld, and the rights of the citizen including | corporations, will ever be protected in their just rights undpr the fourteenth 'amendment. There are national ques- ; tions and the Supreme Court will hold the scales of justice with the evidence j before them. I do not know, and of | course do not state, that the State Legislature has wronged these rail- j ways. That is the case on its merits. ! But the railways say they are being wronged, and they must have a hear- [ ing, and a hearing on the evidence ' and that evidence carried with the record to the Supreme Court. And if 1 upon the evidence they are being com pelled to transact business at a loss no or.e need doubt that the Supreme Court will nullify the statute. If the rates fixed are remunerative the | statutes will be upheld. It is too late I to talk about the alleged wrongs of I the Supreme Court declaring statutes void. That was fought out one hun dred years ago. It must be remem bered that in passenger and freight • carrying there is much to be consid- I ered besides rates or fares. Impor- 1 tant as any, if not the most impor- j tant, is the equality of rates; the ! treatment and charging of all alike. : No rebates, no discriminations must I be allowed. Safety of the .public, in- j eluding passengers anil employes, must [ be considered. And of as much irnpor- jtance as any other question is effi cient service. Rapid and prompt de livery of freight must be had. Fast I passenger trains for passengers going a considerable distance are demanded. : Local trains for local business are re- I quired. If we have these, reasonable compensation must be paid. So that these question are all involved. And f In consequence, such business as is be- l tween St. Louis and St. Joseph, Kansas City and St. Joseph, Kansas City and Joplin, and perhaps other i points where parts of the routes, of I same of the lines now nre .out of the ! State, a grave question Is presented and no small question is covered, whether parts of these statutes are void that the matter can be separated and the balance of the statute remain in force, because Congress, even as to those lines wholly within the State may or may not have control of such commerce when it directly interferes with commerce passing out of and back into the State. I neither pass upon this question nor express an opinion thereon, because while such questions have frequently been dis cussed *>y the ablest of men. such questions have not yet been decided. I simply mention it as a great na tion question.” CONCORD, N. H., June 17—Another ■ petition in the already complicated lit- [ igation surrounding the suit in equity i brought by the “next friends” of Mrs. i Mary Baker G. Eddy to secure an ac- ! counting of the property of the Chris- 1 tian Science leader, was filed in the Merrintac Superior Court here by counsel for the "next friends” today, asking that the question of their good faith be determined immediately and | in advance of all other proceedings. [ In the formal document containing their prayers, counsel for the “next friends” recite that on June 5, solici tors for Mrs. Eddy asked for an inime- ; diate investigation of the motives un derlying the suit, and for its dismissal; that a hearing on this motion was fixed for June 10. and that at that time Gen. Frank S. Streeter. Mrs. Eddy’s • attorney, suspended his motion for the time being, but that immediately thereafter “the said Streeter improper ly, untruthfully, and for the purpose of being quoted in the newspapers, proceeded to argue the question of good faith.” The document further re cites that the “next friends” had been | proceeding in good faith in this action. FAIR HANDS RUB LATHER ON CONGRESSMAN’S FACE NEW HAVEN. Conn.. June 17.— Journeymen barbers in all of the prin cipal shops of the city went on a strike because their demand for a Saturday, half-holiday was refused. As a re sult the proprietors struggled along with from twenty to fifty customers awaiting patiently for treatment After Congressman N. Sperry had waited two hours for the customary operation on his face, the fair mani curist of the establishment tucked him neatly in a chair, carefully applied the lather and honed the razor. Just as the other patient waiters were look ing for an immediate tragedy the pro prietor came to his assistant’s rescue and finished the job. In many of the Yale shops boot blacks were pressed into service, and some of the students look as though the football season was In full swing. Interstate Commerce Com mission Modifies Re quirements for the Time WILL DEPEND ON HONOR AND FAITH Rill* fnr Monument, Com- ' chancre its r^n” and has now detcr- V>lil> JU1 iuuuumcilb LU1U I mined to establish the grandstand for j the open air inauguration of the new Governor adjacent to the south wing of the Capitol building on the Wash ington street side. This has been de- | elded upon becauso of the more favor- lable-Rhade and because more room will I be afforded. mission and for New Georgia Code Batch of Current Gate City Nevis BODIES FOUND THREE MIDDIES BAY Rev. John E. White stated that the most Godless conditions exist at Fort ■ 1 — | McPherson. where the Government . ATLANTA. June 17.—Hon. Joe H11! ;! ro °P? are ?° cated - was backed up Hall of Blhb. was at tho Capitol this thIs abortion by Rev. C. N. Don- morning and to friends talked qu | t e "> dsan - who said that the officers at freely of legislation in which ho pro- fort , were noot distinguished for poses to Interest himself at the coming | P| e, V- ur 7 e< ^. Y 8 ,* session of the Legislature. Accounts , tn > n * should ho done In behalf of the have already been published of the bli;s] men fort and a committee was which Mr. Hall proposes to Introduce appointedto take the matter under relating to the disfranchisement quo*- |consideration, tion and the registration of corpora- _ ~ _ ’ jl 0)15 Party Passenger Rates. Mr. Hall stated today that he pro-| ■'Y'kA NT A. Jiraf 1«. At a meeting poses to Introduce and urge a bill to 1° held at Warm Springs on ed- perpetuate the monument commission I ne. c day of this week, the Southeastern which had Its origin In the erection of j Passenger Association will come to a tho John B. Gordon monument on the 'definite conclusion about the party Captfol grounds. His purpose is to 'rate proposition. The Interstate Corn- pro vide for a commi'slon which shnV I rnpr< ’ e Commission recently held that have charge of tho erection of monu- P ar W rates - such aR were granted to mentn to other distinguished Confed- I theatrical companies and baseball crates notab’v President Jefferson Da- i teams must also he granted to the vis and General Robert E. Lee. Mr. I soneral public. Whether this action Alleged Godless Conditions. ATLANTA. June 17.—At the. meet ing of tho Baptist ministers today FflCGS clllll HtUlilS JJg»jcomb by the clothing'apd a watch. It Hall says he would like to see busts of e'<rh of the Georgia general who were k'llo.l In battle placed in the State Capitol. M r Hall proposes also to Introduce end urge a mea c ure providing for 4 J<e publication of a new Georgia code. The present code was published, twelve years ago since which time there has been mttch Important lcg'-lation. Mr. Hall feels that such a movement will meet with popular and favorable con sideration. A np ATT. 'NTA •s filcl to, on For •Tune 7 for Book Cbi 17.—An will result in any Increase in the 7>ar- ty rate will be determined on Wed nesday. It Is not thought any mate rial change will be made. Ferro pr arv r d. Pro John A. Porter Arranoed. ATLANTA. June 17.—John A. Porter, representing the Porterdale Mills and the Bibb Mills, of Macon, was arraigned before Recorder Brovles today on a charge preferred by Sup*. Austin, of the Whittier Mills, near At lanta. that he was acting as an emi grant asent without a license. It was Ter. claimed that Porter was trying to se cure the operatives of the Whittior Mills for the mills which he repre- Effingham Isents. The prosecution failed to make 1 jout-a sufficient caso and the complain* was dismissed. ported to Be Fearfully Mutilated Feared That All was put aboard the tiig*F.otomac, which j with the tug Reno was also searching I the bar. j Several hours later the Potomac ! picked up the bodies of Midshipmen i Stevenson and P. H. Field. These did j not seem to ibe bruised, but the hands! and faces were considerably disfigured. ■ The Potomac steamed to Hampton Roads and went along side the flagship. B - the battleship Ohio, to make a report Will Nnf Fminn tf> AdmiraI Emory. Then the bodies If ST III IIVI wC * UUIIU w&re taken to the battleship Minneso- i ta for identification. A board of sur- i geons examined them, then the corpses HARRY ORCHID WILL RE»E STAND TODAY BOISE. Idaho. June 17.—When the Steunenberg murder trial is resumed tomorrow, Harry Orchard will be the first witness called to the stand by the State. He will be placed in the hands of the defense in order that a series of formal impeachment questions may be presented, and then the prosecu tion will take him over for his re direct examination. Despite his long stay on the stand, there were several points relative to the Steunenberg murder and the al leged conspiracy behind it. that were not developed, and these the State will bring out. Orchard will he succeeded on the stand by James Kirwan, acting secre tary of the Western Federation of Miners. Objection was made to the manner in which Kirwan was sub poenaed. but counsel for the defense waived the objection and stipulated that they would have him in attend ance whenever desired. CALDWELL. Idaho, June 17.—Har ry Orchard, the confessed murderer of former Governor Steunenberg and 18 other men, was brought here today and taken before Judge Wood at the county court house. The Haywood case at Boise was adjourned over to day to enable Judge Wood to come to Caldwell and enter an order form ally adjourning Orchard's trial for the present term of court. The data of Orchard's trial .will not be set until the. cases against Haywood. Moyer and Pettibone at Boise are disposed of. .Orchard was taken hack to the penitentiary at Boise this afternoon. CAPT. PIGMAN DECLINED TO OBSERVE “JIM CROW” LAW FORT MONROE. Va.. June 17.— Charged with a breach of tho "Jim Crow” street car law of Virginia. Capt. W. J. Pigman, paymaster of the bat tleship Iowa, was a prisoner in the Hampton police court today. Captain Pigman declined to take another seat when asked to do so by a conductor ' on the line of the Newport News and Old Point railway and electric com pany. He was arrested but allowed to give bail. Acting Mayor Richardson dismissed the case, but advised Cap tain Pigman to heed the requests of street car conductors in the future. LIQUOR CANNOT BE SEIZED IN TRANSIT. LAVENWORTH, Kans., June 17.— Judge J. C. Pollock, in the United States District Court here today In the case of the Kansas Brewing Company, asked an injunction to prevent C. W. Trickett, assistant attorney general of Kansas, from seizing liqours in transit from Missouri to Kansas, held that where the sale of liquor is made In good faith. In a foreign State, the sell er had the privilege under the Federal laws regulating inter-state commerce, to deliver same in Kansas, and either collect in Kansas at the time of deliv ery or in Missouri at the place of sale. WASHINGTON. June 17.—An order ; has been issued by tha Interstate Commerce Commission regarding the I posting of the tariffs of railroads, which is important to every railroad 'and shipper in the country. Under the new rate law, it is re- ! quired that copies of tho tariffs shall j be posted in two conspicuous places in j every railroad station in order that ! they may be inspected conveniently by ! the public. The law also provides that the Interstate Commerce Commission may modify these requirements by a general order. After careful consideration, the com mission realizes the Impracticability of a compliance on the part of the rail roads with the precise terms of the laws and a decision was reached to modify-the provision to some extent. The modification it was realized, must not amount to nullification. It Is prac tically impossible to deal efticiently with the question by a general order applicable to all carriers. Tho com mittee has therefore decided to give a fair trial to the plan outlined In th* following order. In doing this the com mission depends upon the honor and good faith of each official to whom the duty of carrying out the order, may bo assigned, and expects that every doubt will be resolved in favor of tho spirit of the law. If the plan fails to prove satisfactory in any instance, because of failure to so treat and deal with it, the alternative will be literal compli ance with the terms of tho act. The commission will reserve tho right to cancel at any time any order that may bo Issued hereunder to any carrier, and also the right to at any time require any carrier to add the names of any of its stations .o any list named in such order. ROBT. F. ADAMS SHOT DOWN; SAID JONES BOYS DID IT NEWPORT NEWS. Va.. June 17.— In full naval uniforms and with face and hands fearfully mutilated, the (bodies of Midshipmen P. H. Field, of Virginia, class 1906: W. H. Stevenson. North Carolina, class 1906: and F. P. i found* were placed in metal caskets and put aboard the Potomac to be taken to Norfolk. The bodies of four of the eleven men drowned in the Minnesota's launch HOMER V. BLACK ADJUNCT PROFESSO GAVE CANDY TO HIS BABY; WIFE SUES FOR DIVORCE CHICAGO, June 17.—Shall a father be permitted to give candy to his baby daughter? | Mrs. Norma McL. Joyce Prentls [thinks not, and she asked Judge Mc- Ewen to grant her a divorce from James Eugene Prentis, of Melrose j Highlands, a suburb of Boston. The daughter. Norma, is now three J years of age. Mrs. Prentis alleges that ' when Norma was teething the doctor ATHENS. Ga.. June 17.—The board I issued strict orders about her diet. Mr. of trustees of the university this after- ; Prentis, according to his wife, alleged noon elected Dr. Homer V. Black, of; that he knew as much as the doctor Atlanta, adjunct professor of chemis- ! about what was good for the baby, try; Prof. W. O. Payne was advanced; “I protested and protested when Mr. week ago tonight, have' now been : to ' adjunct of history; Prof. Tomlinson |Prentis fed Norma candy and such ..win, k,a,vuuo, „„„ ^ _ found, ' Fort, was made instructor in mathe- ; things,’ . said Mrs. Prentis today. I Holcomb, of Delaware, class 1907, were I The one discovered In the launch ms : mal * cs l Prof. R. Powell Stephens was insisted on the doctors orders being found in Chesapeake Bay today. The j that of Fireman G. W. Westfall. The bodies, after being examined and iden- | bodies of three midshipmen and four titled, were taken by the naval tug j seamen are still missing and launches Potomac to the naval hospital at Ports- jand tugs are still searching the lower mouth. If:ay and roads for them. This morning a fisherman off Ocean | On account of the fact that the bod- View discovered a floating body of a j ies found today had rifted ten or midshipman and turned it over to one i twelve miles from the scene of the of the numerous launches which had ■ tragedy, gives rise to a fear that all of (been scouring the bay ever since Cap- ; them will never be found, tain Mann, of the Norfolk and Wash-: Others may be picked up in the bay, Ington steamer Washington, reoorted | but the body of Midshipman Holcomb to Admiral Emory that he had sighted j was dr'fting rapidly seaward when it a corpse off the Thimble Shoal iight- [ was found, and same of the others niay ship. The body was mangled and ! have been carried past the capes into bruised, ar.d the face and hands had I the Atlantic ocean'ere this. The iden- nearly been eaten away, but It was i tlflcation of the corpses was confirmed identified as that of Midshipman Hoi-ion board the Minnesota. CHrem’ Bank e Sheopord: J. J dozen oihsrs of the incorporator he (rranterl by *b within the usm i’l” B T.-'ne. of th avapnnh: R. M arou«e anti half chain County, ar Fifth Recurrent Returned. I ATLANTA. .Tune 17—The Fifth Rog- ! intent Infantry arrived home yesterday [afternoon after a week spent at Jamestown. Col. Anderson stated there FORAKER RUSHES INTO PRINT TO ARGUE CASE elected adjunct professor of mathemat ics; Prof. R. Preston Brooks }vas named to fill the new chair of Georgia history and sociology. Instructors in botany and English literature were au thorized. The degree of bachelor of science in forestry will hereafter be conferred in the university. It was decided to repair the old col lege building, the oldest structure in the city, but in 1801, and make it habitable as a dormitory. It will not be moved from its present site. The question of the students playing footibail in the future was left to the discretion of the chancellor and fac ulty. The library will hereafter be opened on Sabbath afternoons. carried out. however, but the more I would talk to him the angrier he would become, and at last he beat me.” AUTO ACCIHT DU EVE OF ffi Tragedy Near Eatonton, Ga. Throws Commnnity Into Excitement Adams Crawled Home to Die Soldiers Only Ones Worthy of Belief of people who claim to have been eye- vote of the hoard, the degree witnesses to the shooting. This con- ! conferred on Dr. C. .IJ. sists of statements by various people. Strong, of Savannah, that when they heard the firing, they looked out of their windows and houses and dark alleys where there were no lights, at distances varying all the way from 30 feet up to 150 feet, and re cognized the men who were doing the WASHINGTON, June 17.—Captain Horace Fairfax Marseby Browne, of the British army, and his fiancee, M!e3 Maud Vera Hanna, daughter of the j late Joseph H. Hanna, of Cincinnati The encampment of students next! were lnjured , n an automobile acci dent late today. Both were taken to hospital, but later were able to re turn to their hotel. Miss Hanna had just returned from abroad. Their marriage is scheduled for tomorrow. Captain Browne sustained a fractured arm aod a number of bruises about the head and face. Mrs. Beulah Jacobs, of Cleveland. O., who is Miss Hanna’s chaperone, was also in the automobile and tonight is in a serf ius condition at the emergency hospital. She is suffering from a number of fractures and her face is badly burned and disfigured by the bursting of the year was authorized and an invitation will’ be extended to the students at Dnhlonega to join in the camp. ^ The board declined to establish the department of commerce in the univer sity. The board favors the building of fra- [ternity chapter houses on the campus automobile gasoline tank. The ma chine plunged down a deep embank ment while turning a sharp curve in SOUTHERN BELL'S PROPERTY IN GEORGIA DOUBLED ' Rock Creek park. The big touring car was completely is B#ntereed to be b^need for murder i fcom 1 nri.r. (”•->,H<» claims to have i cantured Rupdrick. However, the mo- I Hebrews Endow Room. pe"se of returning FtindHek -to Georgia ATLANTA. June 17.—The Jewish b-d to he c~'d out of the reward, and : people of Atlanta have asked to be the r>robebi’i*n is there will be little j permitted :o endow .a room In the new for hi; C.a’lfoml.a captor. j Wesley Memorial Hospital for wh'ch ! Tic pr'enp rnrpn-l«»!o7i and the Gov- ; funds were ra'sed in the Methodist ernor will finallv doridp Bnndr’eV s fate [churches yesterday. The offer has been I on Thursday His application for | gratefully accepted. r tp-~cnev his • v ppiv twice turned down I !i"d it is net thought there •'ll he apg I Sidney C. Stubbs Dead. r’’nnce in the decision. The Indien- j ATLANTA. June 17.—Sldnev C. written statement t jn~< n-. * * • •' 11 Kundnck "**^ b “ :vint?d Stubbs a well-known young Savar- testimony taken by the Senate commit- j darkness of the night. By specifically ! more than doubled, being: »n K: . v \nah man who marrlea * : ^Louise tee on military- affair*, in the Browns-11 mean, have given specific -Incidents 1 from .$1#771.000 to $3.900 000. ur-, ^ am jLiPv. of city, and -wao^was inter- j v j!le inquiry, and declaring: that it fail? coming' with In their personal experl- ' The returns of the Athens street] CONFERENCE HELD ON ;y' ;c *d in mines in Bartow County, and to show that any soldiers took part in ences that illustrated how d3rk the railway were increased from $223,000 cotton business, died at 6 o’clock, t;,e affray. __ jniabt was. According- to testimony, in* to $326,000. The statement which the Senator j the language of Maior Penrose/ the j ; I v, rAOtJT vcTnv t „pa i7__t r* savs he make?, as ‘‘Plain duty to the night was so dark that he could not; Two Murder Cases. WASHir^Giuxs, Jur ! e v* T*‘ truth, as well as to the accused sol-j distinguish one of his officers, who COLUMBUS. Ga., June 17.^-WhiJe McR^ynolds, former assistant attorney dier?.” and because he is “more famil- were all white men. from one of the several cases of that character have general m the department or justice iar with the testimony th*;i anybody enlisted men. who were all colored, at already been disposed of at this term. : n ®' kV atto £ n f£' for - fetat f s else.” is in answer to published state- a distance of 10 feet, not could he at two other murder cases are to come be- charge of the so-called tobacco trust m?nt that the testimony conclusively | that distance tell anything- about how fore the Superior Court this week, i investigation, had a conference toda„ s .owed the soldiers of the 25th bat- ;a n~?a was dressed; ; They ATLANTA. Ga.. June 17.—By agree- ^ demolished, and the chaffeur was the ment between Comptroller General! only occupant of the • machine who i firing as negroes wearing The uniform Wright and General Manager Gentry!, [ escaped uninjured. Miss Hanna was WASHINGTON. June 17.—Senator ; of the Uni’c-d States soldiers The of- of the Southern Bell Telephone Com-, taken to the Georgetown university Foraker, of Olylo. tonight gave out a [fleers of the battalion have testified pany, the returns of the property of j hospital, but was able-to return to umming up the ; generally and specifically as to the : that company in Georgia were today j her hotel increased ! dressed. after her wound were Fo ATT,' NT-A rest Of • Allro-H Murderers, ime 17—Governor T '.I rewards for the n H'o’-i C~ im' Thor- 187 TV this morning from typhoid fever, con- I traded in Savannah. His wife and j young child survive him. He was ?.*• years old and a son of Mrs. Geo. T. ; C.ann, of Savannah. FOUR NEIGHBORS WOUNDED IN MISSISSIPPI MELEE THE TOBACCO TRUST EATONTON, Ga.. June 17.—Robert jf. Adams, a prominent farmer living eight miles out of this place, while at work in his field today about 2 o’clock, was shot down and left for dead. He lived long enough to crawl home and tell his family that ho had been shot by the Jones boys, or one of them. The latter are three brothers, who, it i* said, had sworn vengenance against Adams for killing four years ago Klah Jones, a brother of theirs, for which Adams was tried and acquitted on grounds of self-defense. The community and surrounding neighborhoods are greatly excited over the tragedy. A large crowd of men from here went out this afternoon with blood hounds to help run down and capture the assailant Kiah Jones who was killed, was In sane, it is said, and had been marolevi from the State Sanitarium. He had threatened the lives of several resi dents in that neighborhood, and when Robert Adams came in a rear door of a store and saw the Insane man with his brother, a clerk in the store, corn ered. he fired to save his brother’s life, as claimed. There was considerable feeling over the matter by the JtTneg family at the time of the killing. Robert Adams was a propereijs planter and had 'been married only two years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pet Hargrove Adams, and one little daughter, his parents, three sisters, and two brother?, Dr. W. E. Adams, of Madison, and Mr. Calhoun Adams, now of Cincinnati. NO TRUST AMONG COTTON SEED MEN In. and Bark • - fifties. V'O w.a torrev General John are • MERIDIAN. Miss.. June 17.—A shet- ’e,s*. gun. rifle and plstSl fight between fact I neighbors ait Chunky today resulted In .-.r- ; f ur of the participants being more 1 or less seriously wounded. The name? rre Walter and Tom V.auvhan Matt i Wood and Robert Mabry. The Vaugh- etts had trouble with the .Tone? family of upon the .Tores The .Tores, who were rt. re >>v ATLANTA GROCEFS O^g i- TOP WEEK’S OU* ATI. ANT A Ga . Jin . W--> = r Point ar ta'.ion did the shooting. Mr. Foraker says: “The testimony glvefi by the soldiers in their own behn'f Is not. in nv.: opinion, shaken by the testimony given by the citizens of Brownsville. That test!trolly in the first place is but a | repetition of what was ■the cit'zens* committee s m ire elaborately retaken i No Important Item of net [been brought forward at c*i -s : -i this 7-x sint-ati-or.. X : no-y p^r e nt cf what the iMzens have testi- f! d about had relation to matters over wh'ch there -.vns no controversy. The only dispute is : to whether the raid er? were identified as soldiers of the "All these officers have tes the claims of the citizens wh that they saw the raider^ and .reeog- n*z 3 d them as sole-era at the distances and und r r the clrcumstance-s tated By r' m. are utter''- impossible. These fTicers are intelligent, high minded U one time. wh-->r the first taken by j honorable men. ,r.3 afterward® by.Mr. Purdy, v evidence has re.in-t the soi- the cjupenor uiun uiis wees. - - ------ , —- the cases against Clint Rai- "'ith Attorney General Bonaparte and fled that riord and George King, both colored. ’ ?rr - Purdy., assistant to the attorney testified I There have been in ali eight murder i general, ihe departmeni officiaiscie- i coses on the Muscogee County Superior : olln°d to talk of the object of Mr. : Court docket at this term of court. | McReynold s visit, but it Is known j The case of young Frank Reed, charged ! tnat tohacco trust case was dts [with shooting and fatally wounding a | younsr man from the window of a Jor- 1 dan City hotel, has been continued un- ] til the next term of court. and frankly g-T rr\ >n r' n^I re- c* l-i.-vrP’an* C'i" Srr.Uh Fulton County Club has made a for the trip. lew route Or.e consists f evidence :e shells and bui- jlets that were secured from the streets ’■ shooting up of Brownsville." was only par were of the ot I I s ated that their men were euiltv. bu: , YOUNG IOMN1E RAYBURN th : fact only strencthens th-fr'test!- WANTS $10 000 FOR FINGER, mony as ther new give It. that the os- 1 ti- apy of the citizens by which they COLUMBUS. Ga.. June 17.—Ten claim t identify the "old'ers, i? utter- ‘ thousand dollars is th? valuation placed !v unreliable, untrustworthy and by [upon a finger of young Johnnie Ray- them urbelievable. .burn by h:s next friend. T. F. Ravbu “I ha'-e no hesitation in sarine that who has just filed the fstlrr-ny taken down *n *his time. Eagle and Phenix Mills for that u'-ar’v e-i’s ; r my onirvon to s-ow |amount. It is claimed that the boy los that f e s'Tdiers. -or any of them, bed.his finger in the machinery, through r. hlng whatever to do with cussed. There is reason to believe that the case Is about ready for ac tion. and it is thought that In a snort time proceedings will be begun for violation of the Sherman anti-trust act. EIGHTEEN PASSENGERS INJURED IN SANTA PE WRECK MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 17.—The fertilizers and cotton seed oil investi gating committee of the legislature will recommend an anti-trust bill and a law prohibiting the use of “fillers” in guano that contain no plant food. The committee will report that while there seems to be an understanding between the fertilizer makers that result* in the control of price, so far as the committee can say, no combination ha« been discovered. There is no evidence o fa combination of the cotton seed oil men save in an agreement. A se cret organization among the seed crushers known as “Sons of Plato” is regarded with suspicion by the com mittee. Initiation fees are paid to this organization by the cotton seed com panies; the report says. It was found that Virginia-Carolina Chemical com pany sends out price lists to the other makers and that these are the general prices of the state. LONG I8LAND SOUND PIRATES LOOT HOMES NEW YORK. June 17.—The sound pirates, whose depredations among the country homes that line Long Island sound, have caused much terror, are active again, after a long disappear ance. They appeared in a black sloop , off Rye, N. Y., according to police re- TRINTDAD. Colo.. June 17.—Eighteen ; ports today and entering the home of __ passengers were injured, three proba-, Jacob H. Longlota, president of the uit aia'nst foe bly fatally, in a wreck today of an East i American Metal Company, secured ^ •=- 1 property valued at $10 00*. Concentrated efforts by the authorl- , ties o' the towns along the sound have bound passenger train on the Santa Road ne->r Earl. The wreck was caused ! by a defective brake beam, or soreading rails, i he baaeagr car. the smoking car. j - , . . . .. the , fault of his, and the suit for damages j two tourist sleepers and on© standard i hitherto always failed to catch the pl*» lls tie result - ^sleeping car left th© rails, _ rates. Another effort Is to b© gtttd^ y.